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Thom Loverro

tloverro@washingtontimes.com

Thom Loverro has been a professional journalist since 1977, working for a number of newspapers, including eight years as a news editor and reporter for The Baltimore Sun, where he covered government, politics, and crime. He moved into sports writing when he joined The Washington Times in 1992. He moved to The Washington Examiner as a sports columnist in 2009 and returned to The Washington Times in 2013, where he is currently the lead sports columnist.

Columns by Thom Loverro

Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) runs onto the field before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in Landover, Md., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Kirk Cousins with the Redskins in 2017? God knows

Of course Kirk Cousins harbors resentments about his time in Washington -- including his second-class citizenship in the organization while sitting behind Robert Griffin III. But understanding Cousins starts with reading what he wrote and reading what he reads.

January 5, 2017
Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) throws under pressure from Chicago Bears cornerback Deiondre' Hall (32) during the second half of an NFL football game, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Kirk Cousins has answered the question

In a preseason game against the Bears nearly four months after Mike Shanahan ruined Kirk Cousins' day by calling him and telling him the Redskins had drafted him in the fourth round -- behind star rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III -- Cousins put on a performance that should have told everyone he was more than just a fourth-round pick.

December 25, 2016
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder walks across the field before an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Landover, Md., Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

Jack Evans: Redskins at a new RFK is a win-win

There may be some argument as to whether 1997 was the worst year of pro sports within the boundaries of the city. But I don't see how. There were no professional sports in the District in 1997.

December 22, 2016
Chicago White Sox right fielder Adam Eaton (1) misjudges a ball hit by New York Yankees' Aaron Hicks for an RBI double during the second inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 14, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Bryce Harper reaction to Adam Eaton trade

Shortly after the news broke Wednesday afternoon that the Washington Nationals had traded two of their top pitching prospects to the Chicago White Sox for outfielder Adam Eaton, Bryce Harper tweeted, "Wow." Not exactly, "Where's my ring," is it?

December 8, 2016
Former commissioner Bud Selig speaks on the set for the MLB Network, at Major League Baseball's winter meetings, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 in Oxon Hill, Md. Selig and Atlanta Braves president John Schuerholz were voted into the 2017 class of baseball's Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bud Selig in Hall of Fame worth a toast

It's tough to get excited about baseball executives in the Hall of Fame, but here in Washington, there's a deep well of appreciation -- or there ought to be, at least -- for Bud Selig.

December 6, 2016
Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper waits at second base during a pitching change in the ninth inning of Game 5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a baseball National League Division Series, at Nationals Park, early Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in Washington. The Dodgers won 4-3. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bryce Harper free agency haunts Nationals

A few years ago, the idea of the Nationals competing with the Yankees to keep players like Bryce Harper was laughable. No one is Washington is chuckling now.

December 4, 2016
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred responds to a question after the baseball owners quarterly meetings at the Drake Hotel Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Labor peace comes to baseball, but future remains uncertain

The sides were smart enough to extend a good thing. Up next for them is what the landscape will look like in five years amid declining television revenue. Luckily for baseball, it's positioned as a streaming pioneer.

December 1, 2016